Monthly Archives: June 2017

Sporting Kansas City v Portland Timbers Almost in a silent fashion and without anyone really mentioning them too much, SKC is actually five points clear at the top of the Western Conference. Other teams below them have games in hand, but right now they are sitting pretty having only lost four games all campaign. Peter…

The Next Generation of Strikers in the Big 5 Leagues In England, we worry a lot about our men’s national football team – the state of it now, and the state of it in the future. Other countries probably do as well, but for us, they exist only as comparisons to beat ourselves with when they…

Wildly Gifted, 20-year-old Attacking Midfielder It’s been quite an incredible 12 months for Nantes’ technically gifted attacking midfielder, Amine Harit, who followed on from winning the 2016 U19 European Championships with France by enjoying a breakout season in Ligue 1. Although he endured some downturns in form and was banished to the reserves in March…

Atlanta United v Colorado Rapids Both teams lost in midweek so will aim to bounce back in this fixture. It really is a mystery how Atlanta has lost twice to DC United this season. A third of the capital club’s points have come courtesy of the new franchise and this is poor from Atlanta’s point…

We’re in a new age of relegation battles A lot is made, in football, of what is mathematically possible. Tottenham, earlier this season, could ‘mathematically’ have caught Chelsea in the title race; teams forever have a ‘mathematical’ hope of survival; it was, at one stage during their dark winter struggles, ‘mathematically’ possible for Leicester to…

We’re at that point of the season when most of us are already congratulating HJK for the league title. However, I wouldn’t be that fast to do so, as we’re not even halfway there yet. Their road to Europa League looks smooth with a fortunate draw for the two first qualifying rounds. A failure, however,…

Where is it coming from? In England, we worry a lot about our men’s national football team – the state of it now, and the state of it in the future. Other countries probably do as well, but for us, they exist only as comparisons to beat ourselves with when they achieve more than us….

Barcelona’s free-flowing attacking midfielder, Rafinha, has got a hugely important decision to make in summer with regards to his future. Having struggled to really cement a permanent role for himself within Barca’s star-studded squad, with injuries playing a key part in this too, the 24-year-old is reportedly worried about his place in the Brazilian squad…